COSAM News Articles 2023 July COSAM students travel more than 5,000 miles and were featured on the national news in Iceland

COSAM students travel more than 5,000 miles and were featured on the national news in Iceland

Published: 07/18/2023

By: Maria Gebhardt

Students from the Liles Lab in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) were conducting research in northern Iceland when they were featured on the Icelandic national news.

“I am proud that these students were able to represent Auburn University at the Arctic Microbial Ecology Workshop hosted at the University of Akureyri,” said Mark Liles, associate dean of research and graduate studies in COSAM. “These AU students had the opportunity to sample from some extreme habitats like geothermal sites, interact and work with students from UMass-Dartmouth and Reading University in the UK, and work in a team format to culture extremophilic microorganisms.”

Click here to watch the news clip in Icelandic.

On the left, Mark Liles pointing out an interesting fact, and PhD student Frank Moen is standing next to him on his direct right.

The student on the left in the purple hat is PhD student Haley Stephens. The student at the end, far right, in the Auburn University hat is a proud COSAM alum Natalie Williams, who is now in medical school.